Ukrainian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian ударя́ти (udarjáti). By surface analysis, удар- (udar-) +‎ -яти (-jaty). Compare Old Ruthenian удара́ти (udaráti), Old Church Slavonic оударати (udarati), Serbo-Croatian у̀дарати, Russian ударя́ть (udarjátʹ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʊdɐˈrʲate]
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Verb

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ударя́ти (udarjátyimpf (perfective уда́рити)

  1. (transitive) to hit, to strike, to smite (to deal a blow)
  2. (transitive) to punch
  3. (transitive) to shoot, to fire (firearms, artillery)
  4. (transitive) to hit, to strike (of projectiles, lightning)
  5. (transitive, figuratively) to strike (to have a sharp or severe effect)
  6. (transitive, figuratively, colloquial) to start doing something vigorously
  7. (transitive) to ring, to make sound with (by striking something)
  8. (transitive, figuratively) to play, to sing
  9. (intransitive, figuratively) to ring out, to sound loudly
  10. (intransitive, figuratively) to overwhelm with intensity (of sound, light, smell)
  11. (intransitive, figuratively) to suddenly start, to manifest severely/intensely (of natural phenomena)
  12. (intransitive) to gush, to geyser, to burst out
  13. (intransitive) to hit, to strike (against)

Usage notes

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  • The forms ударя́ти (udarjáty) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and вдаря́ти (vdarjáty) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

Conjugation

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